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Funding for free ACT tests for juniors cut; vouchers remain for low-income students
(Local News ~ 07/28/17)
The ACT college readiness exam no longer will be offered for free automatically to Missouri high-school juniors. Last week, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens signed a $4 million cut to education-evaluation funding, which made the free ACT program possible...
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Major case squad disbands; no suspect in July 19 homicide
(Local News ~ 07/28/17)
The Cape Girardeau/Bollinger County Major Case Squad disbanded Thursday morning after having remained in action past the 72-hour standard activation period, police said. No arrests have been made, and the Cape Girardeau Police Department continues to investigate the homicide of Lavell Durden Jr., 49, of Cape Girardeau, according to a news release from the major case squad...
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Cape Championship Wresting will have a one-year anniversary show Saturday
(Entertainment ~ 07/28/17)
Cape Championship Wrestling celebrates its one-year anniversary Saturday night with a wrestling show at the Arena Building in Cape Girardeau, an event founder Ken Murphy is excited about. Each month, Cape Championship Wrestling, or CCW, holds a wrestling show, either at the Arena Building or at a traveling show...
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Elks give $15K to Cape police for K-9 unit
(Local News ~ 07/28/17)
A $15,000 donation from the Cape Elks Lodge to the Cape Girardeau Police Department will make the purchase of a new K-9 unit dog possible, according to the police department. Police chief Wes Blair said he was “speechless” when contacted by the Elks. “I was blown away,” he said...
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Free downtown Wi-Fi reflects tech growth
(Local News ~ 07/28/17)
With a pantomime flourish, Marquette Tech District Foundation board chairman Jeff Maurer "turned on" free downtown Wi-Fi on Thursday evening during the Marquette Techfest celebration. "The proverbial switch is now flipped," he said, encouraging attendees to log on...
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Tailor Institute scaling back, raising funds in wake of state fiscal miscue
(Local News ~ 07/28/17)
A local autism institute is not accepting new participants, is scaling back hours and may have to charge fees to provide services after state lawmakers removed all state funding for the organization, its director said Thursday. Director Carrie Tracy said the changes will allow Tailor Institute in Cape Girardeau to serve existing autism participants at least through December...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/28/17)
Today in History Today is Friday, July 28, the 209th day of 2017. There are 156 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On July 28, 1945, a U.S. Army B-25 bomber flying in heavy fog crashed into the 79th floor of New York's Empire State Building, killing all three people in the plane and 11 people in the building. The U.S. Senate ratified the United Nations Charter by a vote of 89-2...
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Right-to-work is good for workers
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/28/17)
As the Right-to-Work bill carrier in the Missouri House, I want to be sure Missourians are clear about what the legislature passed and Gov. Greitens signed when it comes to our new Right-to-Work law. Right-to-Work means the worker who is earning the money has the freedom to choose. ...
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Speak Out 7/28/17
(Speak Out ~ 07/28/17)
How did it get started that school ends the middle of May and begins the middle of August? Jackson begins Aug 10. That is sad. Kids should be out looking for lighting bugs and counting stars instead of heading for bed. 8:45 p.m. and the sun is still giving us a soft light...
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Prayer 7-28-17
(Prayer ~ 07/28/17)
O Lord Jesus, may the words we speak glorify and point others to you. Amen.
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I know what I like when I see it. Really.
(Column ~ 07/28/17)
I have no talent for or understanding of art. Here's why. The new sculpture in the roundabout at Fountain and Morgan Oak streets in our fair city doesn't look like art to me. But remember: I have no talent for or understanding of art. If I did, I would be able to appreciate the artist's efforts in this roundabout endeavor. I would more fully comprehend the expense of more than $70,000 (so far) on the latest addition to the many outdoor sculptures that adorn our downtown...
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Jackson Homecomers continues through Saturday
(Editorial ~ 07/28/17)
The 110th annual Jackson Homecomers is in full swing, and if you've missed out there's still a couple of days left to enjoy the festivities. The Jackson festival, which takes place in uptown Jackson near the courthouse, begins each night at 6, and ends at 10 p.m. Saturday, and it looks like the temperature will cool down to make the experience much more enjoyable...
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Quality health-care access
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/28/17)
Our political leaders in Washington are spending a lot of political capital to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act instead of making it better. Over 18 percent of our national GDP is spent on healthcare. When compared to other developed economies throughout the world, it is about twice as much with no increase in health outcomes. ...
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New Hampshire fugitive found tanning in Massachusetts backyard
(National News ~ 07/28/17)
CONCORD, N.H. -- U.S. marshals said they found a New Hampshire "fugitive of the week" tanning in a family member's backyard in Massachusetts and arrested her. The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force featured Amy Beth Tremblay, 35, in local media July 12 in New Hampshire. An arrest warrant had been issued for her in March on bail violations after a drug-conspiracy charge. The task force said Wednesday tipsters reported seeing Tremblay sunning herself in a yard in Haverhill, Massachusetts...
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Thrill ride OK'd hours before deadly Ohio State Fair accident
(National News ~ 07/28/17)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Inspectors repeatedly looked over a thrill ride while it was assembled at the Ohio State Fair and signed off on it hours before it flew apart in a deadly accident that flung passengers into the ground, according to authorities and records released Thursday...
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Why Twitter won't ban President Donald Trump
(National News ~ 07/28/17)
NEW YORK -- Twitter has made it clear it won't ban Donald Trump from its service, whether the president follows its rules against harassment or not. That's no surprise: The president's tweets draw attention to the struggling service, even if tweets mocking reporters and rivals undercut Twitter's stated commitment to make the service a welcoming place...
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Russia sanctions bill exposes Trump's legislative tug of war
(National News ~ 07/28/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump is likely to sign a tough new sanctions bill that includes proposed measures targeting Russia -- a concession the president has yet to sell his party on his hopes for forging a warmer relationship with Moscow. Trump's vow to extend a hand of cooperation to Russian President Vladimir Putin has been met with resistance as skeptical lawmakers look to limit the executive power's leeway to go easy on Moscow over its meddling in the 2016 presidential election...
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In U.S. first, scientists edit genes of human embryos
(National News ~ 07/28/17)
For the first time in the United States, scientists have edited the genes of human embryos, a controversial step toward helping babies avoid inherited diseases someday. The experiment was just an exercise in science -- the embryos were not allowed to develop for more than a few days and never were intended to be implanted into a womb, according to MIT Technology Review, which first reported the news...
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Venezuela leader's foes levy new sanctions and fresh strike
(International News ~ 07/28/17)
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Opponents of President Nicolas Maduro at home and abroad tried again Wednesday to pressure the socialist leader into halting his plans to rewrite Venezuela's constitution, though there was no public sign their efforts were working...
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Clashes, tensions flare at sacred site in Jerusalem
(International News ~ 07/28/17)
JERUSALEM -- Violence returned Thursday to a sacred site in Jerusalem as Palestinians gathering for prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound clashed with Israeli police nearly two weeks after a deadly attack there. Earlier in the day, Palestinians had celebrated as Israel rolled back security measures and thousands of worshippers heeded a call by Muslim authorities to assemble for prayers at the mosque for the first time in 11 days...
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AG Sessions says he won't step down unless asked
(International News ~ 07/28/17)
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- His loyalty to the boss severely tested but seemingly intact, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday he will stay in the job as long as President Donald Trump wants him to serve. Sessions told The Associated Press he and Trump have a "harmony of values and beliefs," and he intends to stay and fight for the president's agenda "as long as he sees that as appropriate."...
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Scaramucci threats, insults inflame fierce White House fight
(National News ~ 07/28/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's new communications director exploded the smoldering tensions at the White House into a full-fledged conflagration Thursday, angrily daring Trump's chief of staff to deny he's a "leaker" and exposing West Wing backstabbing in language more suitable to a mobster movie than a seat of presidential stability...
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Senate GOP seeks assurances House won't pass health bill
(National News ~ 07/28/17)
An effort by Speaker Paul Ryan to mend a dispute between House and Senate Republicans over the party's drive to repeal the Obama health-care law is receiving mixed reviews from a group of GOP senators, leaving party leaders' hopes for pushing an initial measure through the Senate up in the air...
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Pentagon leaders: Transgender troops will remain, barring official directive
(National News ~ 07/28/17)
WASHINGTON -- Unmoved by President Donald Trump's proclamation-by-Twitter, top Pentagon leaders declared Thursday they'll allow transgender troops to remain in uniform until Defense Secretary Jim Mattis receives an authoritative directive to remove them...
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Out of the past: July 28
(Out of the Past ~ 07/28/17)
The largest emergency medical-response exercise in the nation's history, an event slated for Cape Girardeau in October, has taken on even greater proportions. "Operation Steel Cure II" -- first announced in May by federal, state and local authorities -- will be held in coordination with a mock medical-disaster exercise by the National Disaster Medical System. The four-day exercise will be held Oct. 22 to 25...
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Cheryl Warner
(Obituary ~ 07/28/17)
Cheryl Lynn Warner, 50, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, July 25, 2017, at Evelyn's House (BJC Hospice) in Creve Coeur, Missouri. She was born Dec. 21, 1966, in Cape Girardeau to Merlin and Marilyn Schuessler Schultz. She married Larry Warner, and he preceded her in death Aug. 20, 2008...
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Darrell Pinkerton
(Obituary ~ 07/28/17)
Darrell "Pup" Eugene Pinkerton, 55, of Jackson passed away Monday, July 24, 2017, at the residence of his parents. He was born Aug. 8, 1961, in Cape Girardeau, loving son of Elmer and Mary Wallman Pinkerton. He was a logger and a member of the Exchange Community Church...
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Bob Henson Sr.
(Obituary ~ 07/28/17)
Robert "Bob" Neil Henson Sr., 87, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, July 26, 2017, at Southeast Hospital. He was born June 25, 1930, to Esther Crosby and Carlos Henson in Jackson, Tennessee. Bob moved to Michigan City, Indiana, where he met the love of his life, Emma Ellen Wantland, and they married April 11, 1952. She died Aug. 23, 2012...
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Annie Essner
(Obituary ~ 07/28/17)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Annie Mary Essner, 97, of Chaffee passed away Wednesday, July 26, 2017, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 10, 1920, in Scott County, the first daughter of the late Albert and Bertha Heuring Schwartz Sr. She married Frank J. Essner on Nov. 27, 1945, and he preceded her in death in August 1986...
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Ivan Duvall
(Obituary ~ 07/28/17)
ST. MARY, Mo. -- Ivan Duvall, 71, of St. Mary died Wednesday, July 26, 2017, at his home. He was born June 13, 1946, in Perry County, Missouri, the son of the late Elders J. Duvall and Myrtle M. Ochs Duvall of Perryville, Missouri, who survives. He was retired from Mississippi Lime Company. He was a member of Perry County Saddle Club and past president. He was a member of Eminence Cross Country Trail Ride for 35-plus years...
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Robert Bazzell
(Obituary ~ 07/28/17)
Robert Edgar Bazzell, 87, of Jackson died Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jason Shaw officiating. Interment will follow at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson, with full military honors...
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Charles Bauer
(Obituary ~ 07/28/17)
BENTON, Mo. -- Charles Harvey Bauer, 81, of Benton died Monday, July 24, 2017, at his home. He was born Jan. 22, 1936, in Chicago to Wilbert and Louise Schellhammer Bauer. He married Penelope Johnson in 1964. She preceded him in death in 1975. He was a salesman for Taurus Bauer & Associates and G.W. Bauer & Associates. He was the second pick in the 1954 Major League Baseball draft by the Chicago White Sox...
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Saundra Abernathy
(Obituary ~ 07/28/17)
Saundra Jean Abernathy, 61, of Jackson died Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home-Jackson.
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Jackson police report 7/28/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/28/17)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n Owen Barker, 18, of Jackson was arrested on a Cape Girardeau County warrant for harassment. Theft n Theft was reported in the 2800 block of South Old Orchard Road...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 7/28/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/28/17)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Wednesday. n Medical assists were made at 8:55 a.m. on Linden Street; 10:32 a.m. on North Silver Springs Road; 12:17 p.m. on South West End Boulevard; and 8:18 p.m. on Gordonville Road...
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Cape Girardeau police report 7/28/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/28/17)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of fraud at 1650 N. Kingshighway. n Deron M. Moore, 31, 1527 N. Spanish St., was arrested at 429 N. Frederick St. on a Cape Girardeau County warrant...
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Births 7/28/17
(Births ~ 07/28/17)
Son to Chad Andrew and Jessica Lynn Hurst of Jonesboro, Illinois, Saint Francis Medical Center, 10:33 p.m. Tuesday, July 11, 2017. Name, Kaecin Cross. Weight, 7 pounds, 6 ounces. Third child, first son. Mrs. Hurst is the former Jessica Johnson, daughter of Chris Johnson of Jonesboro. Hurst is the son of Richie Pearson of Anna, Illinois. He is an operator/pilot at Olmsted Lock and Dam...
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For Philadelphia Phish fan, it's time to make the doughnuts
(Entertainment ~ 07/28/17)
NEW YORK -- Phish announced its 13-show run in New York with a video in January that showed giant doughnuts rolling through the city. That got Felicia D'Ambrosio's phone buzzing with calls from friends hoping that might mean a role for the Phish superfan and co-owner of a Philadelphia doughnut and fried-chicken shop that had made doughnuts dedicated to the band in the past...
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Why viewers still can't ditch cable boxes
(Entertainment ~ 07/28/17)
NEW YORK -- Not that long ago, the clunky cable box looked as if it were on its way out. The federal government was pressuring cable companies to open up their near-monopoly on boxes to more competition, and industry leader Comcast promised apps that could render some boxes obsolete...
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Artifacts 7/28/17
(Entertainment ~ 07/28/17)
Antique tractors take the road to Leopold, Missouri, with registration starting at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Knights of Columbus Hall on County Road 408. Ride begins at 9 a.m. from the KC Hall, and tractors can be parked at the picnic grounds for display. For more information, call Mark VanGennip at (573) 208-6787 or Ben Seiler at (573) 238-6128...
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Best Bet: Jackson Homecomers to continue
(Entertainment ~ 07/28/17)
Homecomers continues in uptown Jackson. Food and carnival rides for the entire family will be available, as well as stage entertainment, a beer garden and more. The fun starts at 6 p.m. today and Saturday at Main and High streets in Jackson. Pertinent address:...
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#SemoSelfie 7/28/17
(Entertainment ~ 07/28/17)
Sunday walks by the Riverfront @dschuchart #downtowncape #sundayfunday #semoselfie
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Court order bars Christian County auditor from office
(State News ~ 07/28/17)
OZARK, Mo. -- Deputies escorted a southwest Missouri county auditor from her office after she was charged with 15 misdemeanors alleging she failed to do her job. The Springfield News-Leader reported a judge issued an order Monday barring Christian County Auditor Lacey Hart from doing any work on behalf of her office for now...
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St. Louis County Council calls for MetroLink investigation
(State News ~ 07/28/17)
CLAYTON, Mo. — The St. Louis County Council has voted to investigate reports county officers loitered and covered up security cameras during shifts at MetroLink light rail substations. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Tuesday’s vote came after a series of stories appeared in the newspaper. ...
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Deadly St. Louis explosion draws new lawsuit
(State News ~ 07/28/17)
ST. LOUIS — The children of a woman who was among four people killed when a steam-filled tank weighing nearly 2,000 pounds exploded at a St. Louis box plant and flew onto a building are suing the plant. Online court records show Tonya Gonzalez’s children, Nathan and Nicole Favignano, filed the wrongful-death lawsuit last week in St. Louis Circuit Court ...
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NAACP moves forward with Missouri travel advisory
(State News ~ 07/28/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The NAACP is moving forward with a travel advisory warning people to be careful while in Missouri because of a danger civil rights won’t be respected. Missouri NAACP president Rod Chapel said Thursday national delegates voted the day before to adopt the advisory, which was put in place at a statewide level in June. ...
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Tanker left dangling from overpass after interstate crash
(State News ~ 07/28/17)
ST. LOUIS -- An empty tanker truck was left dangling from its back wheels, with the cab resting on the road below, when it crashed and rolled over the edge of an interstate overpass in downtown St. Louis. Missouri State Highway Patrol Cpl. Justin Wheatley said the driver lost control on a wet road just after 7 a.m. Thursday, began to jackknife and struck a passenger vehicle before swerving off the side of Interstate 44. A towing crew later lowered the vehicle to the street below...
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Flooding reported after heavy rains in Kansas City area
(State News ~ 07/28/17)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Storms that pummeled the Kansas City area with several inches of rain closed roads and led to water rescues, including two people who became trapped early Thursday by floodwaters that inundated their restaurant. National Weather Service meteorologist Chris Bowman said widespread flooding was reported after 4 to 7 inches fell over a few hours starting late Wednesday in east-central Kansas and west-central Missouri...
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MR.
(Submitted Story ~ 07/28/17)
The latest debate is whether to allow shipping containers to be constructed as living quarters in Cape. The picture of the Artist's conception of a shipping container home published in the SE Missourian recently seems a little unrealistic. Included here is also a picture of a "shipping container home" currently under construction in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Quite a difference. It seems to me someone is trying to turn a sows belly into a silk purse again...
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